A list of some of the small arts venues that have closed in NYC since 2011:

Incubator Arts Project, a theater in the East VillageThe Douglass Street Music Collective in Brooklyn’s Gowanus districtCenterStage NYC, a theater in ChelseaThe Red Room, a theater in the East VillageThe Living Theater in the East VillageThe Living Room, a music venue in the Lower East Side92YTribeca (formerly Makor), a music and art venueThe Collapsable Hole, a theater in WilliamsburgDeath by Audio, a music venue in WilliamsburgDance New Amsterdam, in lower Manhattanb.pm., a music venue in WilliamsburgZebulon, a music venue in WilliamsburgJoyce Soho a dance space in lower ManhattanBrooklyn Rod & Gun – a music venue in WilliamsburgExit Art, a gallery/performance space in Hell’s KitchenLocation One, a gallery/performance space in SohoMagic Future Box, a theater venue in South Brooklyn285 Kent, a music venue in WilliamsburgGlasslands, a music venue in WilliamsburgGoodbye Blue Monday, a performance venue in BushwickGalapagos Arts Space, a performance venue in DUMBOThe Silent Barn, an arts venue in BushwickAviv, a venue in BushwickPalisades, a venue in BushwickCake Shop, a venue in BushwickPoppers Locarno, a venue in BushwickShea Stadium, a music venue in QueensWe are facing a crisis. Small venues are the lifeblood of the New York arts scene – the performing artists that we now see on our biggest spaces likely developed their craft and gained their first audiences in small venues. They are a critical space for early experimentation and risk-taking, and also audience development.

But because of prohibitive rent, and no city or state structures to step in to help, it’s likely these closings will continue, leaving the city awash in new $10 million buildings for mid-sized organizations, but no smaller venues feeding artists into those buildings and developing local audiences for the arts.